Behaving Badly | |
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Based on | Behaving Badly by Catherine Heath |
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Directed by | David Tucker |
Starring | Judi Dench |
Theme music composer | Stephen Oliver |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
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Running time | 200 minutes |
Production company | Humphrey Barclay Productions |
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Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 20 February – 13 March 1989 |
Behaving Badly is a 1989 British television serial directed by David Tucker. The teleplay by Catherine Heath and Moira Williams is based on Heath's novel of the same name. It was initially broadcast by Channel 4.
The plot focuses on Bridget Mayor, a middle-aged housewife and part-time teacher who is forced to re-evaluate her life when her husband of twenty years abandons her for a younger woman.
Judi Dench was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress.
Behaving Badly was released on DVD in 2005, and again in October 2018.